What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name LACHENAUER, DAVID M | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $98,723.27 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITCOMB, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $98,722.80 | Date 01/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, MICHAEL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,722.00 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOGNAMILLO, SILVIA A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $98,721.70 | Date 05/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $98,721.64 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JOHN F | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $98,721.51 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, MICHELE F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,721.48 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONYINANYA, THERESA N | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $98,720.89 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, IRIS T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,720.43 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDINI, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $98,720.01 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, CINDY T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,719.34 | Date 02/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONIADES, MICHAEL T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,718.60 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARKISON, KAREN L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,718.10 | Date 08/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETHEA, KEVIN D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $98,716.50 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BUREN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,716.02 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRKINS, SCOTT D | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $98,715.46 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIZENER, JENNIFER | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $98,714.65 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIEGAS, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $98,714.46 | Date 03/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLOWSKA, TERESA E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,713.20 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ANGELA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,712.90 | Date 01/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTA, MAUREEN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,712.90 | Date 11/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,712.90 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEYER, EDWARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,712.90 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, PAULA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,712.90 | Date 11/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLAND, FREDERICK T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,712.63 | Date 07/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURSE, KAY A | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $98,712.46 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONELIN, ANNEMARIE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,712.46 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, DORA N | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $98,712.46 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMIDIJI, TOBA O | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $98,711.92 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,710.96 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JEFFREY | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,710.93 | Date 12/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASHFORD, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $98,710.83 | Date 09/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, RAYMOND L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,710.77 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENNELLA, SALLY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,710.77 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ALLEN B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,710.72 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, SUZIE T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,709.42 | Date 08/08/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEED, PAUL H | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $98,708.63 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, JOSEPH M | Employer name Upper Hudson Library System | Amount $98,708.52 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,707.09 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZEK, JOHN P | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $98,705.71 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEERAN, MICHAEL E, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $98,705.62 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name L' ELIE, EVELYN S | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $98,705.00 | Date 06/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDOCK, ANNE K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $98,704.94 | Date 09/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOWASSO, LEONARD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,704.86 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERKIN, CAVELLE J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,703.95 | Date 12/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEBALD, KELLY ANN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,702.92 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HY, RICHARD N | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,702.22 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EHLINGER, JOSEPH S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $98,701.20 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $98,700.50 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOESCH, HENRY E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,698.63 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADKE, PHYLLIS M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $98,698.60 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, FRANK K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,698.43 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, RICHARD S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,698.13 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIONDO, VINCENT S | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $98,697.54 | Date 09/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTKOWSKI, WILLIAM J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,697.53 | Date 07/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOVEN, TODD K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,697.47 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, KIM A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $98,696.94 | Date 12/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLISTE-OWENS, ANTOINETTE M | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $98,696.02 | Date 03/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASZKIEWICZ, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,695.81 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, MARY G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,695.22 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKORUPA, STACY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,694.00 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, KURT S | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $98,693.91 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, STEVEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,693.70 | Date 11/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASKULA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,692.74 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JOSEPH F | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $98,691.64 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDAGLIA, DOMINICK F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,690.46 | Date 10/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCKLER, ROBERT T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,690.39 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZARNECKI, PAUL | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $98,689.85 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIZEK, EDWARD S | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $98,689.24 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, FRANCIS A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $98,689.24 | Date 10/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIECZOREK, BETHANY | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $98,689.24 | Date 01/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, EMMANUEL | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $98,689.03 | Date 04/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, CARL G | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,688.45 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOETZNER, JOHN W | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $98,688.31 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JONATHAN | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,688.12 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAVAS, GREGORY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,687.90 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KULLMAN, DORIS J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $98,687.74 | Date 06/27/1963 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, KYLE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,687.18 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CELMER, JOSEPH B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,686.03 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARK, ERIC J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,684.69 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, CYNTHIA J | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $98,684.43 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARSTYNE, DANIEL R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,684.10 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN C | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $98,683.62 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIFER, ADAM P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $98,683.49 | Date 09/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, JAMES S | Employer name Village of Huntington Bay | Amount $98,682.57 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, LINDA EGGER | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $98,682.38 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UKAJ, OTON | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $98,682.20 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGRINO, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $98,681.80 | Date 01/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, JEANETTE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $98,681.09 | Date 08/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGANS, TOM H | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $98,678.92 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYNER, GREGORY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $98,678.87 | Date 03/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JOSEPH E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $98,675.07 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEMON, SHUNAID S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,673.71 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELETTI, VINCENT A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $98,672.93 | Date 12/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, KEITH T | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $98,672.91 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, ARTHUR G | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $98,672.34 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOTTI, MICHAEL | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,672.29 | Date 08/23/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $98,671.10 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, LISA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,670.63 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, IRIS | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $98,669.74 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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